I Reveal Long held Secrets on the Amber Jones Podcast
Had a great time chatting with UK podcaster Amber Jones last week. We talk past, present and future.
Artist Angst: A Snippet
When promoting Fiego, I kept hesitating to pull any past work into the equation. Why use Rocko as an attention getter, when the person who created it no longer exists. I could’nt do Rocko now, nor would I want to. I’m happy with it, and the royalty checks are very helpful, But I am not […]
One of the things I Love about Animating
I’ve always found it meditative. I think I found the reason why.
Animating on Odin
Fluid movement has a lot to do with the shapes you are working with and how flexible they are. Here you see that Odin’s head and body is cylinder shape that bends easily. Some of your animation work will find a clearer path when you design your character accordingly.
Fiego Now Streaming
Did You Know?…..
As I was researching this scene for Odin, I found that, of course, shadows all have a direct correlation to the light source ,but what if a bonfire ( like here in odin) is giving off all sorts of fractals of light at different angles at different speeds? It creates multiple overlapping shadows. This is […]
Big Day for Fiego
Today is the first day of offering Fiego and the Magic Fish up for streaming. It’s available for rent or sale at https://gardenboxfilms.vhx.tv The first of what I intend to be a list of Garden Box films available. I’ll keep making them until I die or can’t lift a pen. Hopefully the first before the […]
Master Class at Luca
Had the opportunity to teach an animation master class at the Luca School of Arts in Brussels Belgium yesterday. It was especially rewarding to me to discuss the mechanics of animation rather than the business of television, which was the topic at many previous appearances, lectures and classes. The students were equally enthusiastic, and great […]
Goes by in a flash… and Yet
This scene is only about 10 seconds long, and yet I found so many things I needed to study to pull this off. How does a forest look with a campfire in it. How do flames move? How does the light play off of objects, characters, trees? One of the things I really loved was […]
This is Where We Are
So, it’s been a year since Fiego hit the festival trail. Nine awards and 21 festivals later, we are wrapping it up and putting it up on pay-per-view soon. Odin is into the color phase, with still some time left on it. This process is much more time-intensive, with less to show for a day’s […]